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Wed Aug 27 09:54:47 CEST 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-August/082040.html

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

> ISTR pointing out on more than one occasion that a major use case for 
> co-operative super() is in the implementation of metaclasses.  The 
> __init__ and __new__ signatures are fixed, multiple inheritance is 
> possible, and co-operativeness is a must

Do you have a real-life example of this where multiple
inheritance is actually used?

A non-contrived example or two would be a good thing to
have in tutorials etc. where super() is discussed. It
would help to convey the kinds of situations in which
use of super() is and is not appropriate.

-- 
Greg

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